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The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

Author(s): Alice Sebold

Location(s): Pennsylvania

Genre(s): Crime, Fantasy

Era(s): Modern

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On her way home from school on a snowy December day, 14-year-old Susie Salmon is lured into a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold’s haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, unfolds from heaven, where “life is a perpetual yesterday” and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case.

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A lovely book – ghosts and reality are dovetailed superbly – Thea Gottlib –

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